Sam Johnson caught two touchdown passes and rushed for a third and the Siuslaw Vikings cruised to a 48-18 Far West Football victory over the South Umpqua Lancers Friday night in Myrtle Creek. Jake Thompson carried the ball 13 times for 72 yards and two touchdowns in the league opener and the Vikings improved to 4-and-oh overall. In other Far West contests, North Bend beat Douglas 47-20; Brookings-Harbor downed Sutherlin 41-23.

Mapleton fell to the Eagles in Yoncalla 72-12. The Sailors are 1-3 overall, oh-and-three in the Mountain West League.

41 middle and high school teams converged on Honeyman State Park Saturday for the Woahink Invitational Cross Country meet. In the varsity boys race Matthew Campbell, Mitchell Butler, and Mack Marbas finished one-two-three; Hayden Schaffner and Seth Campbell were sixth and seventh, as Siuslaw dominated with a near-perfect 19-points for the team title. Reynolds and Oregon City were a distant second and third. In the girls’ race, Katy Potter broke 19-minutes for the first time this season to win in 18:59.30. Katy Wells was 10th and the Siuslaw girls finished in a tie for third with Oregon City. Reynolds was first, Ashland was second.

Sean Mannion threw for a career-high 433 yards and hit Connor Hamlett on a 9-yard pass with 1:09 left for his third touchdown, lifting No. 18 Oregon State to wild 38-35 win over Arizona Saturday night.

De’Anthony Thomas and Kenjon Barner sandwiched touchdown runs around Avery Patterson’s 34-yard interception return for a score, and No. 2 Oregon used a third-quarter scoring blitz to shake Washington State for a 51-26 win on Saturday night.

Weather Cams

Athlete of the Week

Brendon Jensen

Brendon Jensen is this weeks athlete of the week…Brendon has established himself as the boys runner to beat in the Far West League after two impressive showings last week. The sophomore led the Vikings boys to the North Bend Tugman Invitational title last Wednesday with a team-best time of 17 minutes, 20.6 seconds. He then ran a personal-record 17:17.3 Saturday at the Prefontaine Memorial 5K Run in Coos Bay.

Honorable mention this week goes to sophomore Hannah Rannow, who ran a 22:09.6 at the Prefontaine 5K and a 20:36.5 at Tugman, where she finished fourth in leading the Vikings to the girls title.

Peace Health/Peace Harbor Medical Center’s Doc Talk

Peace Health/Peace Harbor Medical Center’s Doc Talk is back on Coast Radio. Each month Host George Henry will talk to Doctors and Medical Professionals about the latest in medicine and what is new at Peace Harbor Medical Center in Florence. It airs the 3rd Thursday of each month at 10 A.M. on KCFM 104.1/103.1 Mapleton/1250 AM and then again on the 3rd Sunday on KCST-FM 106.9 Just after ABC News at Noon. And if you miss it you can listen to the podcast right here: